Ablative Neurosurgical Procedures for Chronic Pain Benjamin L. Grannan Muhamed Hadzipasic Emad N. Eskandar Consideration of an ablative procedure for chronic pain typically follows numerous evaluations for other therapeutic options…
Pain Management in the Intensive Care Unit Curtis N. Sessler Kimberly Varney Gill Kristin Miller Pain, Analgesia, and Critical Illness Pain is ubiquitous among critically ill patients, yet the nature…
Ethical Principles that Support Decision Making in Pain Management: The Case of Stopping Opioids Faye M. Weinstein Claudia Kohner Steven H. Richeimer New findings about long-term opioid use, as well…
Pain Management in Primary Care William C. Becker Matthew J. Bair Introduction PREVALENCE OF PAIN IN THE UNITED STATES Pain is the most common reason cited for patients seeking medical…
Spine Clinics James D. Kang Hai V. Le Kenneth C. Nwosu Back pain is one of the most common chief complaints in the emergency room and primary care clinic. It…
Local Anesthetics Michael M. Bottros Lara Wiley Crock Simon Haroutounian Physicochemical Properties of Local Anesthetics “Cocaine and its salts have a marked anesthetizing effect when brought in contact with the…
Interdisciplinary Chronic Pain Management: Overview and Lessons from the Public Sector Jennifer L. Murphy Michael E. Schatman History of Interdisciplinary Chronic Pain Management In the 1940s, John J. Bonica became…
Exercise Therapy for Low Back Pain Ellen McGough Joyce M. Engel Exercise is a frequently prescribed nonpharmacologic intervention for low back pain (LBP).1,2 Exercise for therapeutic purposes is defined as…
Motivating Chronic Pain Patients for Behavioral Change Akiko Okifuji Emily Hagn Christina Elise Bokat Dennis C. Turk Motivation is a primary determinant of human behavior, influencing its initiation, direction, intensity,…
Complementary and Integrative Health Charles A. Simpson This chapter looks at therapies that historically have been classified as being “unorthodox,” “complementary,” or “alternative” to conventional medical interventions for pain. A…
